Amos 'n' Andy

July 10, 1952

The Kingfish has been stealing money from Sapphire's piggy bank and wins a quiz show jackpot just in time for his and Sapphire's 25th anniversary.

July 24, 1952

The Kingfish believes that Sapphire is in love with another man and that she and her beau are planning to get rid of him.

August 7, 1952

The Kingfish devises a plot to make Andy fail his road test so that he can buy his car cheaply.

August 21, 1952

Andy and the Kingfish accidentally become involved with a top military secret and the FBI when they mistakenly take a new secret altimeter clock for a replacement for their broken one.

September 4, 1952

Sapphire maintains that her boarder, a singer with a large appetite, is a cultural asset, but to the Kingfish he is a gorging freeloader.

September 18, 1952

The Kingfish plays matchmaker and arranges a match between Andy and an older woman, in the hope of collecting a services rendered fee.

October 2, 1952

The Kingfish sets up a phony raffle that forces him to wind up in Arabia drilling for oil, trying to earn enough money to get home.

October 16, 1952

The Kingfish decides to dispose of a worthless piece of property to Andy, but it's Andy who gets the last laugh.

October 30, 1952

The Kingfish gets conned when Andy sells him a broken down race horse.

November 13, 1952

The Kingfish adopts Andy so that he will become eligible for a $2000 bequest under the terms of Cousin Effie's will.

November 27, 1952

While trying to do a good deed and repay a jeweler for the use of his electricity, the Kingfish becomes a fugitive from justice when he accidentally trips the store's burglar alarm.

December 11, 1952

The Kingfish outfoxes himself when he sends all his lodge brothers into an antique shop to convince his cousin Leo to buy it, but with all those customers the store owner won't sell.

December 25, 1952

Andy is working very hard to earn enough money to buy a doll for his godchild.

January 8, 1953

Sapphire gives the Kingfish the third degree and wants to know why he received a birthday card signed Sweetheart.

January 22, 1953

The Kingfish gives Sapphire some stolen ballet tickets which land her in jail. She ends up in jail a second time when the Kingfish gives her a phony five dollar bill.

February 5, 1953

Double trouble for Andy, he has gotten engaged to two women.

February 19, 1953

The Kingfish stages a clothing sale at the Lodge using a lieutenant's entire wardrobe.

March 5, 1953

Sapphire thinks the Kingfish is secretly dating another woman, so she decides to make him jealous by having dinner alone with Andy.

March 19, 1953

Andy, jealous over his girlfriend's amorous scenes in a play, decides to become an actor.

April 2, 1953

The Kingfish pushed by Sapphire to get a job, becomes a door-to-door salesman, persuading Andy to take over at no salary.

April 16, 1953

The Kingfish sells Andy a ring he finds in his crackerjack box before he finds out how valuable the ring really is.

April 30, 1953

Feeling he's a failure at life, the Kingfish decides to take a series of aptitude tests to determine what his career should be.

May 14, 1953

The Kingfish tries to get rid of Sapphire's sister by arranging a marriage between her and Andy, then learns she has $10,000 of savings in the bank.

May 28, 1953

The Kingfish goes on a self-improvement course because Sapphire goes overboard over an ex-boyfriend and former Mr. America.

June 11, 1953

The Kingfish falls in love with a baby which is up for adoption, but instead is stuck with Horrible Horace, Sapphire's pesty nephew.